Video games are still a young medium in the grand scheme of things, but have been around for well over 50 years now. After the arcade boom in the 70s, home consoles slowly took over the gaming ...

The first video game console came out in the early 1970s and was quite rudimentary. Between then and 2025, which marked the release of the latest new console, the Nintendo Switch 2, there have been a ...

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year featured a stage design resembling a giant PlayStation controller ...

Connor is a writer on Game Rant. Hailing from the east coast of Scotland, with experience in the development and retail spaces of the industry, he uses his passion for games and Scottish charm to ...

Video game consoles are fun. We all have our favorites, mostly dictated by our memories of the plastic boxes we spent our childhood with, but the legacy of some consoles transcends generations, and ...

The man largely credited as "the father of video games" has died at age 92, according to a report from Gamasutra. Ralph Baer, a German immigrant and inventor, created the very first home video game ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

What makes a great video game console? It’s a bit of an existential question. It’s much easier to discuss what makes a great video game, as they can be dissected as communicative artworks. A video ...